Is Ireland incapable of identifying explosive players?

[Etuoo33]

I vividly remember the 7 dropped TD's last year. B.M. is the ultimate sand lot player and a real piece of $h!* in my book. Defend him if you must, but he was a big part of the problem and none of the solution.

[FuturePhin]

Here's a problem- lets keep trading down in drafts and acquiring picks that go wasted. Screw that notion and actually trade up and get some talent. I wouldn't care if we had 2 or 3 total in rds 1 and 2 and that's it. This team obviously can't draft so at least in those rounds you'll have a better shot at hitting.

[Roman529]

It's funny how the Dolphins draft a guy like Tight End Eggnutz out of Missouri....is he still on the team?....has he even played a single game? But then the Patriots grab a guy off the streets (Donte Stallworth) and he scores a 74 yard TD tonight on Monday Night Football. I wonder why we cannot find scrubs like this who are better than guys we draft???
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[SkapePhin]

I vividly remember the 7 dropped TD's last year. B.M. is the ultimate sand lot player and a real piece of $h!* in my book. Defend him if you must, but he was a big part of the problem and none of the solution.

I didn't say it was wrong to get rid of him, just saying he was the most explosive offensive player that they acquired. If he weren't such a POS he would still be here.

[Third Eye]

Brandon Marshall was the most explosive player on offense that they acquired. I suppose Reggie Bush would actually be considered the 2nd...

If you would actually take the time to read the post, Im talking about acquiring explosive players thru free agency and the draft. Both Marshall and Bush were acquired via trade.

The point being this front office has failed in free agency and the draft to acquire explosive players.

[OyeDale305]

he likes cornfield lineman

[dlockz]

If we're going to discuss this seriously I would say that one issue with this front office (not just Ireland) is that they may equate triangle metrics to explosive play making ability a little bit too much. For a Jeff Ireland it seems like a guy is either a big/strong type or a size/speed type.

I'm not trying to be over critical because it's easy to make some of the mistakes they've made and in fact I've fallen into some of the same traps. Good example being Clyde Gates.

Triangle type metrics do relate to explosiveness. Bigger, stronger, faster and quicker players can often be more explosive. But a lot of time there's a combination of explosiveness and play making on the field that just isn't described by the explosiveness alone, or the triangle numbers. Some of the players he's taken have definitely been explosive, but they weren't play makers.

My biggest gripes with the Gates pick, he seemed really raw and did not have a long history of top production at a fairly minor institution. He seemed a guy with speed but was a lesser prospect to me than recent draftee Knox also from there. That combined with him being slightly overaged made him less of a prospect to me

[roy_miami]

Playmakers drafted in the first 3 rounds since 2008

Green=Beast
Red=Not Beast


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[Kevlared]

jeff ireland is an idiot. if we somehow sign greg jennings, i bet ireland will think our reciever problem is fixed, and then he wont draft a receiver until the 3rd round. and it will be another "developmental player" and not a player who can have an immediate impact.

[isaacjunk]

Not just them but look at the bottom of the roster, guys like Les Brown, 7-11, Roberto Wallace, etc. All test off the charts good, physically. None of them have an extensive history of making plays at a high level.

I think this is directly correlated with the fact that he's been generally unwilling to spend high picks on the WR position....guys with both freak athleticism and high-level production against top competition are going to be in high demand. If he's around next year though and a top free agent doesn't seem doable, I could see him learning his lesson finally...much like he did with the QB position this year.